(do not write questions in the discussion without reading the information below!)
• Do not swing the distribution to a "very deep" folder (the length of the full distribution folder name should not exceed 44 characters) ... if it exceeds that (I do not know exactly - did not experiment) or it will be bummer with the installation or the installer will try to download some of the components from the Internet. If you really need to "deep bury", at the time of installation, create a symlink on the root of any hard drive on the distribution folder.
• If you have never put certificates from the studio of 2017, you must first install them by running FROM NAME ADMINISTRATOR Certificates_Setup_v1.cmd or Certificates_Setup_v2.cmd (both options are possible ... for reliability)
If you have already placed certificates earlier, you can not put them ... although it will not be worse from having to install them multiple times.
• It is better to disconnect from the Internet or block Internet access to the installer ... so that the installer does not download the lists of installed components for the most recent version ... the one that may not yet be available in the distribution. If this happens, then the installer may no longer have enough of what is in the distribution and there may be errors about the lack of part of the components
• Then run the studio installer by running Setup_ <Edt> 0.cmd, where <Edt> is the studio version (the Community contains many features sufficient for normal programming comfort and is free (although it requires registration on the microsoftware within 30 days after installation). contain more features and more-more features, respectively). Plug-ins to the studio are put on the editors of Community, Professional and Enterprise ... the previous edition of Express that did not support plug-ins is now not released ... there is no IDE in BuildTools and therefore there is simply nothing to install plug-ins. Editions TeamExplorer, TestProfessional (present in the distribution as they have little added weight distribution) most do not need, and who need those themselves know what it is.
If you need to install a studio, then you will be offered to choose the types of applications you need, specify the components (if necessary), do not forget to select languages and start the installation.
If you need to upgrade from previous versions of the studio, the installer will automatically prompt you to upgrade
If you need to change the composition of the components of the studio, you will be offered the desired Modify button,
Part of the things that you can install by the installer of the studio are simply outsiders to the microsoft ... and they can "arrogantly" without question add their icons to the desktop. "Studio itself" does not do this (as it is customary in other packages of office-type microsoft) and if you need a studio icon on your desktop - pull it yourself.
In this distribution, version 15.8.1 is available ... the latest available version is 15.8.1
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u did it faster than me
